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Notability problems

Obviously several members of this family are very notable, but there are others listed that should probably be removed because they lack significant accomplishments, and simply being a member of a famous family is not enough. Also, parts the article are approaching family genealogy and should be paired down. I can take this task on myself, but given the political nature of Limbaugh I thought I'd ask for comment first. If anybody more knowledgeable than I wants to take a crack feel free. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:26, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As a start I've added this to the list of families so those who edit can compare. That would give a guideline before we start randomly culling names of anyone who doesn't have a hyperlink. Calwatch (talk) 03:09, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would hope my culling is far from random. I don’t think a high school biology teacher belongs here at all, is that really debatable? WP:NOTGENEALOGY would be the relevant policy here. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:22, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue that Christen Limbaugh, a Fox News personality and writer is notable. Same with Stephen N. Limbaugh III, who is an extremely successful composer and pianist. He had citations in the Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, the Southeast Missourian, Rush Limbaugh's website, and elsewhere. They should definitely be added back in.

Stephen Limbaugh, in particular, doesn’t appear to me to be notable according to the citations provided. Just being associated with a prominent family is not enough. Do you think a family members website should be considered a reliable source? He is only mentioned in passing in the other sources, coverage should be in-depth, such as a full length biography, or detailed article from a national newspaper or journal. Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:50, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Re, Grey Wanderer, James Limbaugh is "merely" a hospital president. Others were "merely" local prosecutors or judges. None except for David have also been mentioned in major publications such as the Washington Post or Hollywood Reporter. Stephen Limbaugh III starred in the biggest documentary of 2016 that was in theaters. His album charted on Billboard. It is unquestionably worth mention. I may report you for trolling the Limbaugh page because it appears that you are removing reasonable entries for political or personal reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:6270:9200:5C0B:18B7:2D5B:439B (talk) 19:35, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 12 April 2019

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The result of the move request was: Closed per snowball clause Calwatch, perhaps take this to WP:AFD. (closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 16:02, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Limbaugh family → Category:Limbaugh family – While an important family the genealogy is better suited to the family background section of the individual articles, and the family does not rise to the level of prominence of a full article nor of listing its various semi-notable individuals in one article. Calwatch (talk) 03:24, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose move and delete. I don't see WP:GNG met for the family as an entity, even though it contains some notable members. Everyone with a Wikipedia article is a member of a family, notable or not. And I'm opposed to categorization as a work around per WP:DEFINING: I don't think Rush Limbaugh or any of the less famous Limbaughs are commonly and consistently referred to as "being in the Limbaugh family" except in passing, or for context. We could categorize and listify people until the cows come home, but per WP:NOTGENEALOGY, "Family histories should be presented only where appropriate to support the reader's understanding of a notable topic." --Animalparty! (talk) 20:09, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose move around Missouri at least the “Limbaugh Family” is a well known political dynasty. I’m sure I can rustle up some sources to meet WP:GNG. However much of the content of the article currently is essentially non-notable family genealogy. I started the process of trying to remove the fluff and rewrite the article (see comment above) but was reverted and the debate between Calwatch and I prompted this move nomination. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:21, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose move. What makes this one difficult is what to do next. While this kind of article doesn't seem normal for Wikipedia, at the same time it's useful to show all the members of the family like this. Is there anywhere where we could include a family tree, or someone could make a diagram of one? That would be great! --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 00:25, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. This appears to be a malformed deletion request not a move. Calidum 03:46, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - malformed and WP:SNOW. -- Netoholic @ 07:48, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Error with Stephen Limbaugh Sr. timeline

Stephen Limbaugh Sr. Is listed as being born in 1927, and married to wife Anne from 1930-2017. Clearly a typo since he didn’t marry his wife when he was 3-years old. 70.21.27.8 (talk) 01:05, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it was fixed. Thanks! Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:42, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]